We’re off and running …

Have you had your fill of experts badgering you about setting your goals for 2015? Me too. And yet, I notice that sometimes I need a little nudge to make things happen.  Maybe I should pay closer attention to those experts! What I am doing is listening to you. And learning about your accomplishments from…

Let Your Light Shine

You probably had a bunch of those Thanksgiving messages in your inbox last week too. And you may have noticed that many of them were holiday-themed sales pitches. You know, they went something like “I’m soooo thankful for my clients … that I have a special offer just for you, so you can spend even…

Get Ready to Reach Out

Do you dread making phone calls? A lot of entrepreneurs and professionals do. And I’m one of them. Of course I know I should be doing more outreach.  But I get ready to call someone who really should be working with me … and I hear my mother’s voice in my head, grousing about those…

Do You Know Your Own Strength?

When my Rugen School gym teacher figured in a recent blog post … it generated quite a buzz among my grade school classmates.  And yes, I actually do know enough of my grade school classmates to be in on the buzz. Turns out I have at least 20 Facebook friends who went to the Glenview, Illinois…

Change Your Mind — and Everything Changes

A good question to begin the New Year:  What can happen when you change the way you think?  Here’s what happened for me … I hate gym teachers.  I think they’re evil.  And that goes all the way back to Miss Peterson and the President’s Physical Fitness Program.  President Kennedy’s Physical Fitness Program.  Miss Peterson,…